Dad (Danny)
772 Words
I miss Hunter and Alyssa day by day but I know it's for the best. I feel bad for lying to them all, but I had to. Today's Wednesday and Mr. Dechart is coming to get his money. All I wish is that I could've found a legal way without having to borrow money from anymore people. I didn't want to take money from my brothers or my children but they are stubborn and won't take no for an answer.
I was sitting in my office, looking over some papers when the door opened and in walked Mr. Dechart and his men. I immediately stood up out of my chair and tried to find some sort of confidence to stand up and come out with what I have to say. Mr. Dechart sat down in the chair in front of my desk and pointed to my chair which I took. His men stood around him, staring at me with cold emotionless faces.
"Where's my money Mr. Romani?" His voice was void of any emotion. The confidence that I somehow conjured up, soon went away as I came to the realization that I was gonna be in big trouble with him.
"I-I" is all I could say before choking up. I stared into his merciless eyes and I couldn't look away, even if I wanted to. His face changed. Gone was the straight face to anger. The aura around him became dark and I didn't want to think about what he was gonna do to me.
"Mr. Romani." He says as he fixes his tie before standing up. I stand up as well. Trying not to back down.
"You know there are consequences for your actions right?" He walks over my desk and stands next to me. We stare each other in the eyes. Before I can even blink, he grabs the back of my head and slams it into the desk repeatedly. I could feel blood leaking out of my nose and I'm starting to feel dizzy. He slams me against the desk three more times before letting my fall to the floor. As I'm laying down, I can see Mr. Dechart and his men surrounding me and all I can think about is my family.
Alyssa running around in the yard trying to catch a butterfly. Hunter riding his bike. And my beautiful wife standing next to me smiling. She was carrying our third child. She was one week pregnant and she wanted to wait to tell the kids. But then she died and our unborn child died with her.
Tears fell out of my eyes and I silently prayed that my kids and brothers were alright. That my death would benefit them in a way that wouldn't benefit those men.
"Pick him up and leave out of the back door." He commanded to his men and I could feel them picking me up and carrying me out of my office and towards the door that was only used to emergencies. I don't know how the knew about it but looks like life wasn't on my side.
I could feel myself slipping in and out of consciousness and the last thing I heard was "you should've thought of a better plan then sending your children away. Alyssa would make a great wife."
Flashback-
"Danny come here baby." My wife Alexa said. I was in our room looking at pictures when I went to the bathroom and saw Alexa sitting on the toilet with something in her hand.
"Babygirl what's going on?" I could see tears in her eyes and a smile appear on her face. She got up and showed me what was in her hand: a pregnancy test. Two lines appeared and my eyes went wide.
I was shocked. We were trying ever since we had Hunter, but we were unlucky. Alyssa was already thirteen and Hunter was twelve. We prayed everyday to have a baby but nothing worked. We wanted to try the old fashioned way and not go to a doctor but it finally worked.
"We're having another baby." Alexa said as she jumped in my arms and cried. Tears ran down my face as I said I love you many times. She's not only my wife, but she's the mother of my children and the love of my life. I don't know what I would do without her. Alexa makes me complete. I left kisses all over her face as she laughed and wiped away my tears.
"I love you mi amor." I said and she kissed my lips softly.
"I love you too baby."
Flashback over
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